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Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election

June 10, 2024 GOVERNMENT 0

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ER Editor: Belgium’s liberal-globalist government under Alexander De Croo has become another casualty of the EU elections.

See also this from Euronews —

Belgian PM De Croo announces resignation after heavy election loss

Although it was expected to trail behind nationalist and far-right parties in Flanders, Open VLD has suffered its biggest decline in De Croo’s own constituency of East Flanders, where his list went from 17.85% in 2019 to 10% this time — and less than 7% overall.

Despite polls predicting that the far-right, anti-immigration Vlaams Belang party would become the main political force in the country with 11.5 million inhabitants, the right-wing nationalist New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) retained its first spot, with an expected 22% of the votes, according to provisional results provided by the Interior ministry.

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Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election

The governing coalition of Alexander De Croo lost its ability to form a majority – while an expected surge for far right Vlaams Belang failed to materialise

LISA O’CARROLL for THE GUARDIAN

Belgium is heading for a new government after a general election in which an expected surge for the far right party Vlaams Belang failed to materialise and the outgoing governing coalition headed by liberal prime minister Alexander De Croo lost its ability to form a majority.

Vlaams Belang’s arch rival the nationalist party N-VA (New Flemish Alliance) was on course to remain the largest party in Belgium’s parliament on Sunday while De Croo’s liberal party, Open VLD, slumped in Flanders, the Dutch speaking part of the country.

“Our obituaries were written, but we won these elections,” said N-VA leader Bart De Wever, who now looks a good bet to become Belgium’s next prime minister.

De Croo will remain caretaker prime minister until a new coalition, currently involving seven parties, is formed. According to protocol, he will hand in his resignation to Belgium’s King Philippe on Monday at the royal palace in Brussels.

“This is a particularly difficult evening for us, the signal from the voters has been clear,” De Croo told supporters, wiping a tear from the corner of his eye.

The French-speaking liberal party Mouvement Reformateur was the biggest in Brussels and French-speaking Wallonia, setting the country on course for months of challenging coalition talks.

The result came on a day of triple elections for Belgians who were also voting for regional and European elections, in which the far-right also made the biggest gains, preliminary results showed.

With over 90% of the vote counted, N-VA had a clear lead over Vlaams Belang, with De Croo’s party dropping to the ninth place, partial results published on the interior ministry website showed.

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